When the geometry in view needs more GPU memory than the cache can
hold, the viewer keeps the largest on-screen chunks resident and streams
the rest as the camera moves. That is the right degradation, but it was
invisible: nothing told the user the scene did not fit, and the only
lever was removing or hiding models, neither of which is "keep it in the
federation but stop spending GPU memory on it".
Viewer core:
- ModelGpuData::unloaded, with drawable() = !hidden && !unloaded now the
test every cull / draw / pick / streaming pass uses. unloadModel evicts
every chunk and releases the model's own buffers; loadModel recreates
them from the CPU mirrors (no disk read) and lets chunks stream back.
Recompose keeps the CPU instances current while a model is unloaded so
a reload sees up-to-date transforms. The MeshGpu/InstanceGpu record
builders are factored out so load and reload share them.
- FrameStats reports the camera's working set: chunks wanted, how many
of those are not resident, and their bytes.
- modelVramBytes / isModelUnloaded accessors, forwarded by ViewportWindow.
BonsaiViewer:
- Models tree gains a memory column (name | MB | eye) refreshed once a
second and on load-state changes; unloaded models read "unloaded" in
italics. The viewport stays the single authority for the state;
SessionState only carries the modelLoadStateChanged notification.
- Context menu: "Unload Model" / "Load Model", distinct from hide and
remove, reporting the MB freed in the status bar.
- Status bar notice, independent of the perf-stats toggle, once the
shortfall has persisted for 3 s (a moment of missing chunks after any
camera move is normal): "GPU memory full: N of M visible chunks (X MB)
not loaded", with a tooltip pointing at Unload. The perf label also
shows "N/M chunks waiting".
Verified on the GPU: unloading a 497 MB model frees it immediately with
the others still rendering; reloading streams all 180 chunks back.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update Bonsai viewer headers to identify Bonsai and GPL licensing, add Bonsai Viewer documentation, and document debug output capture.
Generated with the assistance of an AI coding tool.
Replace the "Open Recent coming soon" placeholder with a working
most-recently-used project list. RecentProjects persists .ifcfed paths
via QSettings, capped and pruned to existing files. The Open Recent
ribbon button now shows a popup menu of recent projects; every
successful open or save (local or cloud) records an entry.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Directory src/ifcviewer-full -> src/bonsaiviewer, CMake target
IfcViewerFull -> BonsaiViewer, namespace ifcviewerfull -> bonsaiviewer,
QApplication / window titles / connector path now use the new brand.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Dion Moult